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us r r x thursday november 22nd 1934 the acton free press pacu slj tw rrsfi lfnrt tonj the guardian of the double m frances l cooper i hmmimi ifii iji i y y ij j t t 1 y t i v 1 i c i v j h y t yiry y v vsy t lour oclock as the sun begaxlpoutlinlnb clearly the man on plumes back queer hewas riding so fast he had not been pursued when he hit the ranch why should he bein such a lather roger however had scant time for speculation his job was to recover plume he leaned over on kenos back go to it old boy he yelled a mile at that mad speed i still keno did not leaver in his stride and the gap was closing only threequarters of a mile separated the flying riders the distance between them shortened a half mile a quarter and roger gave a long raucous bloodcurdling yell an opportune flash of lightning show ed him that the horse thief had turned in his saddle was aware of his pursuit he was calling on the last burst of speed plume possessed youll pay for that muttered koger keep it up keno suddenly another thought struck him hi keno he exulted wait till i tell claude about your running down plume im due to get one pair of fancy riding pants keno was drawing closer closer to plume a hundred yards a hundred feet desperately roger planned he did not believe the horse thief was arm ed he felt certain his own strength would be equal to a hand to hand strug gle he could not barely see the blur of the horse as it sped across the prairie ahead of him suddenly the darkness ahead of him began spitting flame bang bang bang bang four snots in all roger instinctively dodged this way and that for an instant the youth checked his horse no more bullets however whis tled above his head keno sobbing now but maddened again closed in i roger was a length behind stop he shrieked hoarsely ill shoot abruptly the man slid plume to a halt dived from his back and scuttled into the brush roger flung himself off keno and dashed after him for a moment he traced the man by the cracking swishing noise of the bushes then these guiding sounds ended roger plunged ahead for a moment recklessly he would catch the thief if it was the last thing he did he stopped to listen intently suddenly some one sprang out from the bushes came plunging upon him and seized him in a smothering embrance the next instant he was neatly tripped and thrown upon his back now then snarled a voice what do you want roger could not see any use in telling h to dip toward the western rockies roger meiton pulled his horse to a stop before descending the bluff to the double m ranch this has been a good birthday keno old boy he remarked he had been spending his nineteenth birthday in tallying the double m range horses and had found them in good shape ail fat and ready to rustle through another bllzzardy montana winter roger took a distinctly personal in- teiest in those range horses at break fast claude had said when youre twentyone brother ill take you into full partnership claude was twentyeight with a teas ing grin and a nonchalant manner he was however a hustler he had started with just a small legacy seven years before and had established the double m stock ranch in one of the jeast populated regions of montana he was successful and he was farsighted working for quality rather than quantity in both cattle and horses roger was proud of the prospect of being his partner he and claude were alone in the world the latter had sent for him when their lather jnufdied aye years before just now however claude was in a quandary by means of a clever irrigat ing stunt he had raised a great crop of feed during a locally dry year and now he had practically no stock he had been offered such a good price for his cattle that he had sold most of them and when he had started to look around for a cheap bunch of beef to winter he had found the country pretty well clean ed up of any young stuff he could afford to buy he had started off that morning on a halfbroken horse to pick up any cattle inews he could and roger had not seen j him since when roger stabled his horse he found claudes beloved plume in a stall near by little plume was a slim fast bay his own keno was a big rangy blazefaced sorrel claudes weak in his head keno roger informed his horse as he washed the sweat from the sorrels back with a soft rag and cool water he thinks plume is a faster stepper than youare well show him yet plume nickered impudently as though he understood the bay was fast and he had beaten the sorrel twice in quick halfmile rushes after each trial roger had argued indignantly but keno can beat him a half isnt long enough claude claude had laughed indulgently scof- flngly and retorted well he hasnt yet at the finish of the lost sprint he had added teaslngly tell you buddy if your keno ever does lick plume ill give you my grrand black angora chaps if claude had a weakness it was his fondness for gay trappings his pur chase of the famous leg coverings had been his one and only personal extrava gance in years he was justified- for theywere really a necessity- but his proposal showed just how low he held the sorrelaohances roger still believed in keno however and he coveted those angora chaps as he had never coveted anything else loading the mangers with hay roger went to the house it was early yet not five oclock roger wondered idly where his elder brother was full of energyftie weeded the vegetable patch for a bit then observing indications of an unusually gorgeous sunset he threw his saddle on the refreshed keno and rode to the top of a small kill about an eighth of a mile from the ranch the vivid glow in the sky was blotted out by muttering thunderclouds twist ing in his saddle roger gazed back at the ranch the soft bright twilight was being routed by premature dark ness but it was not too dark for roger to see something that astonished him a rider on a white horse had dashed into the barn corral a jnan in shimmer ing creamcoloied chaps and screaming black and white checked shirt what in ttie world i exclaimed roger almost at once however he was elec trified into action for the man had dashed into the stable and then re appeared in a twinkling leading the prancing plume the next second he was mounted and racing up the rough road that led toward old man dunlaps ranch why the crazy horse thief snorted roger whirling keno about and starting in pursuit plume and the horse thjef were far in advance presently they topped the grade and disappeared roger checked his wild pace he would save keno for on the other side of the grade was a long series or undulating slopes there if ever they must catch the thief the interval- urjtil they gained the top was torture suppose he should find that plume and his rider had melted into the concealing welter of pines and brush- covered draws and coulees they had not roger saw them flying who you were instead of thinking you a common horse thief his gloating and chortling went im- rebuked claude was busy with the con tortions that go with taking off elaborate riding breeches soon roger was put ting them on you look pretty- impressive claude admitted then he grinned broadly will fc spoil those chaps for you roger if i tell you that you were going to get them anyway why demanded roger and what for you cant spoof me with that its a fact claude insisted i trad ed my blacks for em gave a puncher ten berries to boot theyre your birth day present i reckoned youd like white better than black and ive got a blue and white- shirt like mine for you as he spoke the lover of gay horse gear was cheerfully crawling into the old shabby chaps his- younger brother had tossed to him hurry up he add ed i want to see old man duhlap before he starts his nightly chores roger was not listening he was re garding his white angoras with suddenly blurred eyes claude he announced youre a flop as a horse thief but youre a prince as a birthday present picker advantages of cheese as a food recognized as a leading specific for the destruction of worms mother graves worm exterminator has proved a boon to suffering children everywhere it sel dom fails x candied pumpkin silently violently he heaved himself top pumpkin remove seeds and cut and fro in the darkness in the end exhausted roger did cease struggling wondering what the thief was going to do with him at that moment the lightning flashed in the bluewhite splendor outlining every twig and shrub roger saw his captor as plainly as his captor saw him he was glaring up into the face of claude and claude was glar ing down on him i darkness wrapped itself around them again roger felt claude relax his hold awkwardly without a word both rose to their feet claude finally broke into speech of all the crazy stunts he burst forth crazy stunts yourself retorted roger suppose you start in explain ing in the end claude did he pointed out somewhat violently that as roger knew he had ridden off that morning to pick up news of purchasable cattle at noon after doing various errands he had met young william dunlap who had told him that a big fire hod burned up half of old man dunlaps hay with winter approaching and feed high dun lap would be glad to sell off part of his young stock at bargain prices his son had advised claude to get some cash hurry out to the old rancher wave it under his npseand bargain claude had visited his bank swap ped horses with william whose white horse was fresher than his broncho and headed for dunlaps the shortest route back was through his own ranch and there claude had paused to change his borrowed mount for plume but growled roger ruffled from his mauling why didnt you slow up when you heard me shout claudesnorted howd i know who you were do you suppose there in the dark when i couldnt see who it was i was going to slow upwhen iveot thirtyfive hundred dollars in cash on me boy whispered roger no wonder you- shot al me lucky i didnt have any more shells to drill at you claude reflected the danger was past near tragedy was becoming sheer comedy roger broke into jeering chuckles whose horse is tastiest he demand ed claude swallowed hard then he ad mitted yours roger openly gloated remembei your prpmiso well you skin out of those giddy chaps right now i aim to the frost is on the pumpkin to many the pumpkin is but a symbol of halloween to others it means only mothers pumpkin pie there are many other excellent ways in which pumpkin may be served try these honey pumpkin pie 1 cup cooked pumpkin cup honey l teaspoon ginger y teaspoon cinnamon foteaspoon salt 1 egg ik cups milk press pumpkin through a fine sieve add salt spices and honey beat well all well beaten eggs then milk pour into a deep pie plate lined with pastry and bake at 450 degrees f for ten minutes then reduce to 325 degrees f bake until custard is firm pumpkin custard is excellent for chil dren and may be served when pie is served to adults use the above recipe omitting the spices bake in custard cups pumpkin chips 6 lbs pumpkin 4 lbs sugar m oz root ginger 2 lemons cut the pumpkin up rejecting the centre seeds and hard outside rind cut the pulp into small thin chips use only the juice and rind of lemon put all together into a granite pot bring to a boil and boil slowly for two hours taking great care to prevent burning remove ginger root put away in sterilized jars in pieces 1 inch square weigh and add an equal weight of sugar let stand over night drain to each cup of syrup allow 1 teaspoon of vinegar and a small piece of root ginger cook until it coats the spoon add pumpkin and boil until the pumpkin has absorbed almost all the syrup drain thoroughly then spread on plates to dry when rdry roll in sugar and pack between layers of waxed paper to can pumpkin for winter use the following method has proved satisfac tory peol remove seeds and pulp and cut pumpkin in small pieces steam until tender mash or press through a sieve pack in sterilized jars partially seal and sterilize 180 minutes in a water bath or 60 minutes in a pressure cooker seal cool and store in a cool place fun to them death to him last fall a student in a midwestern university killed himself and left a letter to explain the reason he was a plain youth with an unusually long nose and while he was still a little lad his play mates had made fun of him his self- confidence was destroyed he brooded over his ugliness and finally after com pleting several years of his college course he killed himself in his letter he ad mitted that while he was not afraid to die he was afraid to face the world he wrote god- forgive everyone for thu of course this young fellow was a weakling but that does not excuse thre who drove him to take his own lifs the playmates of his boyhood who made fun of him and then perceiving his sen sitiveness joyously kept up their teasing had no idea that what was fun to them would be death to him again we are reminded of the harm that can be wrought by thoughtless cruelty of all forms of amusement teasing is the most unkind never climbed that one look pretty wnen we prance in at dun laps if you hadnt got reckless and on ahead a mile down the road a spear- j- bought yourself those white chaps and of lightning lighted up earth and sky that howling shirt i might have known mrs newrlch was describing her travels to an audience and have you been in south am erica somebody inquired many times said mrs newrlch rather bored t know it from end to end then of course you went up the amazon no as a matter of fact i didnt said mrs newrlch but my husband went to the top you know i never did care for climbing one preeminent characteristic of canadian cheese is that its manufacture does not impair the nutrients in the milk from which it is mode almost all the protein of the milk the body building element is present in the cheese and if the cheese is made from wholemilk almost all the butterfat with the as sociated fat soluble yitamine which is indispensable to growth and mental de velopment cheese also contains some of the water solubjk vitamine and most of the mineral matter so necessary for building bones and teeth one pound of cheese contains nearly all the protein and fat in dhe gallon of milk by weight its composition is approximately onethird protein onethird fat and onethird water cheese is a very concentrated form of food and compared with other protein foods is economical its small bulk makes it convenient to handle or to store with proper care cheese will keep a long time- in good condition and the many ways in which it can be served give variety to the diet which includes a great deal of this food from the stand point of the housekeeper one of the greatest advantages is that it can be served in its natural state without any time labor or expense required for heat ing cooking or preparing it for the table in many european countries cheesef is one of the most important foods a laborer at hard manual- work finds a noonday meal of bread and cheese suf ficient to maintain health and strength for his work and it provides a high per centage of body building substance need ed by the growing girl or boy in can ada cheese is- used more for its flavor than as a main dish of a meal but it could very advantageously be given a more important place in canadian die taries it can be procured almost any where and at all seasons of the year union principles relly did you hear about pat crourke gettin drowned yesterday flannigan drowned no i thought he was a firstrate longdistance swim mer reily so he was but you know what strong union principles he had just as he was about to reach the shore he heard the whistle blow and he quit work for the day always ready and reliable practic ally all pains arising from inflammation can be removed with dr thomas eclec- tric oil simply rub it on the sore spot and it is quickly absorbed by the skin its healing power is conveyed to the in flamed tissue which is quickly soothed this fine old reemedy is also a specific for all manner of cuts scratches bruises and sprains keep a 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